About the Authors

Yihui Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Li Shao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yixin Xu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yigui Cui

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jiayin Liu

jyliu_nj@126.com; ri-cheng.chian@mcgill.ca

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Ri-Cheng Chian

jyliu_nj@126.com; ri-cheng.chian@mcgill.ca

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Division of Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCC. Performed the experiments: YZ LS YX. Analyzed the data: YZ LS YX YC JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ LS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YZ YX RCC.